The short journey of Ram Nadi from its origins in Khatpewadi in the Sahyadris in the north west of Pune, to its confluence with the Mula River in Aundh.

1. Ram Nadi
Photos mostly taken in Jan 2007, on a bike
trip-cum-walk with Titus and Zigisha
Sanskriti

2. Approximate Origin
Khatpewadi
Click the link below to see the approximate location of this field on wikimapia
http://wikimapia.org/#lat=18.4803264&lon=73.715837&z=18&l=0&m=s&v=9

3. The small watershed of the Ram Nadi lies
between the watersheds of the Mula to the north
and the Mutha to the south
Khatpewadi

4. Tur-bajara and pasture up on the watershed

5. The little boy’s toy gaadi

6. Percolation Tank on the Ram Nadi at or near Bhukum,
downstream of Khatpewadi but upstream of Bhugaon

7. Journey upto Manas
Khatpewadi
Percolation
Tank
Manas
Reservoir

8. Manas Reservoir, Bhugaon

9. Downstream of Manas Reservoir

10. Rice processing downstream of
Manas Reservoir, Bhugaon

11. Bhugaon

12. Bhugaon

13. Ram Nadi just upstream of Pune
Manas
Reservoir
Road to Pirangut from
Chandni Chowk
crosses over Ram
Nadi here
Next few
pictures are
from this
stretch

14. Upstream of Bavdhan, off Pirangut Rd

15. Water Quality just upstream of Bavdhan

16. Haldu
Crab hole Sailor Butterfly

17. Umbar and Bauhinia

18. Riverside
restaurant
off Pirangut Road

19. Water quality downstream of
restaurant

20. Mumbai-Bangalore crosses
over Ram Nadi at this point,
and Ram Nadi enters Pune
Manas
Reservoir
Road to Pirangut from
Chandni Chowk
crosses over Ram
Nadi here
Pashan
Lake

21. Ashish and Anchal record information for the annual waterfowl and
wetlands bird census at Pashan Lake. The reservoir was created by
damming the Ram Nadi in the late 1800s by the British to supply water to
the Governor’s residence (which now houses the University of Pune)

22. The riverbed just below Pashan Dam

23. Pashan Water Treatment Plant
Bridge to Sutarwadi

24. Duckweed

25. Eutrophication Downstream of Pashan Dam

26. Sewage Pipes Draining into
Ram Nadi Below Pashan Dam

27. Ram Nadi
near the
bridge through
Pashan Gaon

28. Green belt along Ram Nadi through
Pashan Gaon

29. Garden on the banks in Pashan

30. Pashan gaon
Pashan-Sus Road
Pashan Lake
Ramphal and
guava orchard

31. A village within a city ...
Ramnadi bank on the Baner-Pashan linking road side

32. Ram Nadi at Someshwarwadi

33. Someshwarwadi

34. Someshwarwadi Temple

35. A little upstream of Baner Road

36. Ram Nadi revival efforts by Clean Earth Movement
(Feb 2009), event at turn off on to Linking Road
from Baner Road, near Staples

37. Sangam of Ram Nadi - Mula